I know what I want, but for some reason I can’t put it into words or action! Can you post your OmniFocus setups for me to gain some inspiration? I’ve been using OF since 2001, but it never feels right. If posting isn’t allowed. I’m open to DMs. I’m a teacher, no kids at home. I would like to focus on my areas of life. I just get stuck after that part!
This is my first year in these schools, but I’m not a first-year teacher. I will be teaching upper elementary, and the class does not go to teams. I know we internalize the slides, but I’m old school and I still like to plan the unit. If you do this and have a lesson plan template you are willing to share can you DM me?
When coming up with questions or things to say in your lesson what information do you use? I normally use the teachers edition, but we do not have one. I know I can use AI, but I don’t think that is truly internalizing the unit or the lesson.
I’m also looking for meaningful ways to add the timers, questions, and strategies to the slides. I know they need to answer questions using the strategies, but do you duplicate the slide to remove the answers and add the strategy/question to the duplicate?
Do you backwards design the slides and build your questions/lesson to ensure success on the end of lesson check?
This is also my first time with a touch screen board, how do you write on it and keep your handwriting legible? I’ve always used a doc cam. I’ve thought about writing on a slide and adding it to the presentation, but I’m not sure.
Also, in upper elementary how do you send papers home? We don’t have binders or backpacks that they are taking from class to class. If yours is like this how are you doing reteach?
I’ve also not heard about homework or parent newsletters. Is Dojo allowed? Class jobs? How long do you give them to transition to the next class?
I saw we grade the average of the daily quiz, but also one assignment. What assignment do you grade?
If your campus allows anchor charts/word walls for upper elementary do you put them up during the lesson or the day after? I want real data, but I know these are helpful. Also do you use cognates with the words to help the ELL learners? Do you use prefix and roots to build understanding for content vocabulary. I know we don’t explicitly teach the vocabulary but those are cross-curricular and can help.
How do you organize your objective board? What do you do with your colored bins since they don’t have teams?
Do you do any longterm data tracking for the learning objectives/TEK? If so did you make it or did you find something on TPT?
As you can see I have lots of questions:) I also know that each campus is different so putting what you are allowed to do/not allowed to do will vary.
Thank you in advance for reading this and being willing to share your information. If you are more comfortable using DM than publicly posting I’m ok with that.
This is my first year in these schools, but I’m not a first-year teacher. I will be teaching upper elementary, and the class does not go to teams. I know we internalize the slides, but I’m old school and I still like to plan the unit. If you do this and have a lesson plan template you are willing to share can you DM me?
When coming up with questions or things to say in your lesson what information do you use? I normally use the teachers edition, but we do not have one. I know I can use AI, but I don’t think that is truly internalizing the unit or the lesson.
I’m also looking for meaningful ways to add the timers, questions, and strategies to the slides. I know they need to answer questions using the strategies, but do you duplicate the slide to remove the answers and add the strategy/question to the duplicate?
Do you backwards design the slides and build your questions/lesson to ensure success on the end of lesson check?
This is also my first time with a touch screen board, how do you write on it and keep your handwriting legible? I’ve always used a doc cam. I’ve thought about writing on a slide and adding it to the presentation, but I’m not sure.
Also, in upper elementary how do you send papers home? We don’t have binders or backpacks that they are taking from class to class. If yours is like this how are you doing reteach?
I’ve also not heard about homework or parent newsletters. Is Dojo allowed? Class jobs? How long do you give them to transition to the next class?
I saw we grade the average of the daily quiz, but also one assignment. What assignment do you grade?
If your campus allows anchor charts/word walls for upper elementary do you put them up during the lesson or the day after? I want real data, but I know these are helpful. Also do you use cognates with the words to help the ELL learners? Do you use prefix and roots to build understanding for content vocabulary. I know we don’t explicitly teach the vocabulary but those are cross-curricular and can help.
How do you organize your objective board? What do you do with your colored bins since they don’t have teams?
Do you do any longterm data tracking for the learning objectives/TEK? If so did you make it or did you find something on TPT?
As you can see I have lots of questions:) I also know that each campus is different so putting what you are allowed to do/not allowed to do will vary.
Thank you in advance for reading this and being willing to share your information. If you are more comfortable using DM than publicly posting I’m ok with that.
Received my first box today, I thought I cancelled before it shipped, but evidently I didn’t. I have to say it was good and healthier than the take-out we normally do. The reason I cancelled is the choices were not foods we usually eat. We are meat and potato type of people. We like flavor, but aren’t big on spicy. Are there boring, non-spicy dishes available?
I’ve noticed a few things over the past couple of weeks. It started with virtual learning options, then today I saw two districts dropping transfer fees and another with some sort of student play initiatives. I’m not for vouchers, but with funding being the way it is are more districts going to have to change their methods to encourage enrollment? Will districts be willing?
What do you think? Could local districts change enough to pull private school funding back to public schools? Will those that are transferring to a better district force the other district to make changes? What would you like to see at your campus?
I have read the warnings, and I'm still interested in applying. Has anyone worked for them and how did you deal with your TRS. If I'm reading correctly they use a 401k. Did you transfer your retirement to the 401k, or leave it on TRS? What happens when they leave a school, does that school slip back into old habits and routines that caused them to fail on the first place, or do they maintain the same expectations?